Senior Data Analyst

SF Technology Solutions; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent technology consulting firm in Birmingham is looking for a Senior Data Insight Analyst to influence strategic decision-making through comprehensive insights. The ideal candidate will leverage strong SQL and Power BI skills to build analytical models and deliver crucial narratives to finance leaders. This position offers a performance bonus, private healthcare, and a hybrid work arrangement. Join a team dedicated to driving commercial performance through data-driven insights.

Benefits

Performance bonus (up to ~10%)

Private healthcare

Pension with employer match (up to ~6%)

Qualifications

• Strong experience in SQL and Power BI.
• Solid background in financial and commercial data analysis.
• Comfortable partnering with senior Finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high‑value insight that supports decision‑making.
• Build and maintain analytical models across financial metrics.
• Translate complex data into clear narratives for stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Financial data analysis

Commercial insight

Influencing decisions

Storytelling

Job description

We’re supporting a large, complex UK organisation operating across multiple business units and sectors, with a centralised Data & Insights Centre of Excellence. They’re investing heavily in how data is used to drive commercial performance, profitability and decision‑making.

This role sits at the intersection of finance, insight and analytics ideal for someone who enjoys working closely with stakeholders and turning complex data into clear, actionable insight.

The Role

As a Senior Data Insight Analyst, you’ll play a key role in shaping how insight is used across the business. You’ll work closely with Finance leaders and operational teams, owning key metrics, building robust models, and influencing decisions at a senior level.

This is not a pure reporting role, it’s about commercial insight, storytelling and impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high‑value insight that supports strategic and operational decision‑making
• Build and maintain analytical models across financial and commercial metrics
• Translate complex data into clear narratives for senior stakeholders
• Act as a trusted insight partner to Finance and operational leaders
• Support adoption of dashboards and self‑service analytics
• Work within a federated BI / hub‑and‑spoke data model
• Contribute to the design and improvement of dashboards and data products
• Ensure consistency, governance and a single version of the truth for finance metrics
• Reduce manual reporting through scalable, well‑documented solutions
• Mentor and support analysts across the wider analytics community

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience in SQL and Power BI
• Solid background in financial and commercial data analysis
• Experience working with governed data models or enterprise semantic layers
• Comfortable partnering with senior Finance stakeholders
• Able to influence decisions through insight and storytelling
• Finance (P&L, forecasting, margin analysis)
• Retail / pricing / promotions
• Commercial or operational performance analysis
• Asset‑heavy or service‑led environments
• Confident operating in matrixed, multi‑stakeholder environments

What’s On Offer

• Performance bonus (up to ~10%)
• Private healthcare
• Pension with employer match (up to ~6%)
• Hybrid working (Birmingham‑based role)